Comhuskers’ 1988 wrestling recruits
No. 2 in the country by magazine
NEUMANN from Page 8
homa State (8th) and Oklahoma
(13th).
“We had a real good recruiting
year,” Neumann said. “On paper, it
was probably 2nd-bcst in the country.
As far as filling our needs, we didn’t
have a lot of needs at the immediate
time, but what we did was insure our
future.”
The 1988 Nebraska recruiting
class includes:
• John Buxton, a 118-pound wres
tler from from Spearfish,S.D. Buxton
was a three-time South Dakota state
high school champion, where he
posted a 156-7 career record.
•Darren Droegemucllcr, the
brother of Nebraska wrestler Dave
Droegemucllcr. He won two Minne
sota slate high school titles and com
piled a 145-9 record. Droegemucllcr,
from Ossco, Minn., will wrestle at
142.
•JcremieEckley,a three-time stale
high school champion from Sidney.
Ecklcy chose Nebraskaovcr Iowaand
Northern Iowa.
•Paul Herrera, a 150-pound wres
tler from Golden West College in
Huntington Beach, Calif. Herrera
was a Colorado state high school
champion and a two-time California
Junior College champion.
•Butch McFcc, a transfer from
Garden City (Kan.) Junior College.
McFcc was the top-ranked junior
college wrestler at 118 pounds last
season until a knee injury ended his
season.
•Jarrod Nelson, a heavyweight
from Fort Lupton, Colo. Nelson cap
tured three Colorado state champion
ships and was a runner-up during his
other year of high school.
‘We had a good re
cruiting year. On
paper it was proba
bly the best in the
country. ’
—Neumann
•Corey Olson, a 167-pound wres
tler from Hayfield, Minn. Olson was
a three-time state high school cham
pion and compiled a 122-8 career
record.
•Tommy Robins, a two-lime state
high school champion from Tulsa,
Okla. Robins, who will wrestle at 177
pounds, those Nebraska over Big
Eight champion Oklahoma State.
•Randy Street, a three-time state
high school champion from Butte,
Mont. Street will wrestle in either the
142- or 150-pound weight class.
Neumann said this year’s recruit
ing class is comparable to the 1986
class, which was ranked 3rd in the
country.
The addition of a talented recruit
ing class to an experienced squad
makes this year’s team the most tal
ented one in his five years at Ne
braska, Neumann said.
Experience could be a key this
season because traditional Big Eight
powerhouses Iowa State and Okla
homa have young squads, he said.
Neumann thinks that Oklahoma
Stale will challenge Arizona State for
the national title this season.
“Talent-wise those teams are head
and heels above the rest,” he said.
“They’re both old and experienced. I
would be very surprised of one of
those two teams doesn’t win it.”
Nebraska will geta first-hand look
at both Oklahoma Slate and Arizona
State at the 16-team Virginia Duals
Jan. 6 and 7 in Hampton, Va.
Neumann said the Huskers’ sched
ule is “exciting” because they will
compete against some of the top teams
in the country. Neumann is especially
pleased the Huskers are traveling cast
to compete against teams like Lock
Haven and Pittsburgh. In the past,
Nebraska didn’t face eastern teams
until the NCAA tournament.
Nebraska still 2nd in AP poll
By the Associated Press
Following Nebraska’s 23-14 vic
tory over Texas A&M in the Kickoff
Classic on Saturday night, Coach
Tom Osborne was asked if he thought
the second-ranked Cornhuskers de
served to be No. 1.
“I’ll let the voters decide,”
Osborne said.
The voters in the Associated Press’
first regular-season college football
poll decided Monday that Nebraska is
still No. 2 — but by a much closer
margin than in the prcscason rank
ings.
Florida Slate remained No. 1 by
receiving 41 of 53 first-place votes
and 1,032 of a possible 1,060 points
from a nationwide panel of sports
writers and sportscasters. Nebraska
received four first-place votes and
939 points.
In the preseason poll, Florida State
led 44-2 in first-place ballots — 60
voters participated — and 1,161-952
in total points.
“It’s something I’ve always
wanted — unbeaten, untied, unscored
upon, No. I in the nation,” joked
Florida Stale coach Bobby Bowden,
whose team opens next Saturday
night against defending national
champion Miami, ranked No. 6 this
week. “If I didn’t have to play that
schedule (the Seminoles also face
nationally-ranked Clemson and
Michigan State in September), I
would be happy. If it wasn’t for the
games, I’d have it made.”
By losing the Kickoff Classic, the
only college game played thus far,
Texas A&M fell out of the Top Ten,
slipping from 10th to 11th.
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